The character, cut-up, avid Auburn University football fan and “full-time granny,” 52-year-old Tammy Renae Bullard and her 3-year-old granddaughter died just before 8 a.m. Friday on U.S. 280 between Sylacauga and Childersburg.32m ago

An online fundraising campaign has been launched to help with the burial of Auburn superfan and notorious Paul Finebaum caller who was killed in a horrific accident Friday.

The character, cut-up, avid Auburn University football fan and “full-time granny,” 52-year-old Tammy Renae Bullard and her 3-year-old granddaughter died just before 8 a.m. Friday on U.S. 280 between Sylacauga and Childersburg.

Jimmy Harrell said the driver of a commercial vehicle carrying some kind of explosive material was traveling eastbound when he possibly blew a tire and the truck overturned on its side.

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The team of site selection professionals who assisted Mazda and Toyota with their location search for a new $1.6 billion plant had nothing but praise for Alabama and the City of Huntsville in a wide-ranging discussion of the project.

As part of a podcast series, the team from JLL Chicago recounted the rapid timeline for the project, which broke ground last Friday.

In three podcast episodes, the team talked about how a project with about 300 potential sites located throughout the U.S. eventually settled in Huntsville.

Courtney Adeleye, an entrepreneur and mother from Huntsville, is being featured in a television commercial as an example of cheerful giving.

The CEO and founder of The Mane Choice, a line of hair care products, will appear in an ad for MassMutual insurance, among other charitable people whose impact on their community caught the company’s attention.

In their short feature of Adeleye, MassMutual will help retell an encounter between Adeleye and her daughter’s teacher.

18 to acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, citing his intention to resign as a result of what he called “unfounded charges levied against me that I must and will fight.”

“Stepping down now, I hope removes any distraction from you and all the great people who work at EPA as you carry out the Agency’s mission,” Glenn wrote in the resignation letter, which was provided to AL.com.

Jared Harper came off the screen, and then the diminutive Auburn point guard charged ahead and hit the launching pad.

8 Auburn overcome a poor shooting start, foul trouble to the frontcourt and a blown lead late in regulation to pull away with a 88-79 overtime win against Xavier in the opening round of the Maui Invitational on Monday afternoon.

Harper finished with a career-high 25 points, eight assists, six rebounds and three steals to lead Auburn, while Bryce Brown added a game-high 26 to help keep Auburn undefeated on the season and into the semifinals of the Maui Invitational, where the Tigers will face the winner of Monday afternoon’s Duke-San Diego State game on Tuesday.

Deonte Brown, who suffered a turf toe injury, against Mississippi State Nov.

The only two players that will miss practice Monday will be two players who got hurt against The Citadel on Saturday, running back Damien Harris (mild concussion) and right guard Alex Leatherwood (twisted ankle).

An ongoing crackdown aimed at stopping contraband being brought into Alabama prisons led to the arrests of three people at one state lockup on Saturday.

The Alabama Department of Corrections on Monday announced the separate arrests of Emily Giles, 22, Randy Mallory, 33, and Anitra Johnson, 36.

Officials said law enforcement agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division made the arrests at a security checkpoint during visitation at the Bullock Correctional Facility in Union Springs on Saturday.

Two of Arkansas’ starting defensive backs are suspended and will not play in Friday’s season finale against Missouri after being caught socializing with Mississippi State cheerleaders prior to last weekend’s game.

Ryan Pulley, a 9-game starter at cornerback, and Kamren Curl, an 11-game starter at strong safety, will be out of the lineup this weekend for the Razorbacks (2-9, 0-7 SEC).

According to Northwest Arkansas Online , Pulley and Curl were “seen taking pictures with and talking to female members” of the Mississippi State cheerleading squad prior to Arkansas’ 52-6 loss to the Bulldogs.

What better place to try and stop Tua Tagovailoa then in a place he's spent a fair amount of time in this season; the Alabama medical tent. Well now that the Iron Bowl is this week, Auburn has turned their attention to trying to stop this Heisman frontrunner any way they can.

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Brian Christopher Weber, 41, was arrested Sunday by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, according to court records made public Monday. He is charged with 25 counts of child pornography possession.2h ago

A Shelby County man is charged with more than two dozen felony crimes involving child porn possession.

Brian Christopher Weber, 41, was arrested Sunday by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, according to court records made public Monday.

According to Alabama law, a person commits that crime by knowingly possessing any obscene matter that contains a visual depiction of a person under the age of 17 years engaged in any act of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual excitement, masturbation, genital nudity, or other sexual conduct.

One person is in critical condition after a shootout involving relatives of Atlanta wide receiver Julio Jones took place at a trailer park in Baldwin County Sunday afternoon, according to law enforcement.

Baldwin County Sheriff Hoss Mack said during a press conference Monday that all four people were taken to hospital each suffering from gunshot wounds.

While the investigation is still ongoing, Sheriff Hoss said that Jermain Dickerson, Tamarius Dickerson and Royald Jones traveled to the Magnolia Springs residence of Jahlen Baker and confronted him at gunpoint.

The multi-vehicle crash happened on I-20 eastbound just after 7 p.m. Friday, November 16 near the 158 mile marker, officials said. The wreck shut down the eastbound lanes for hours.
The victims of a fiery crash on Interstate 20 in St. Clair County have been identified as 43-year-old Chester Earl Robinson, and three young children ages 2 and under.

The multi-vehicle crash happened on I-20 eastbound just after 7 p.m. Friday, November 16 near the 158 mile marker, officials said. The wreck shut down the eastbound lanes for hours.
The victims of a fiery crash on Interstate 20 in St. Clair County have been identified as 43-year-old Chester Earl Robinson, and three young children ages 2 and under.

Last week, amid more turmoil for the beleaguered authority, Ruffin told AL,.com: “I found out [recently], the buck stops with me.”

Ruffin, the former director of operations who was elevated in April when predecessor Barbara Murdock was suspended (and later fired) for allegedly using an authority credit card for personal expenses, did not respond to emails or text messages Monday regarding reasons for the terminations.

The BJCTA has yet to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain copies of Collin’s HR file and background check.

State officials announced the next round of environmental enhancement projects to receive funding related to the 2010 BP oil spill. With the new projects, Alabama has funded 32 restoration efforts or land purchases. The state has spent $195 million of the $356 million allotted to it through a $2.54 billion settlement granted to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Louisiana received the lion’s share of the settlement, at $1.2 billion, with the other Gulf states receiving equal portions.4h ago

State officials on Monday announced the next round of environmental enhancement projects to receive funding related to the 2010 BP oil spill.

The new projects include additional funding for artificial reef construction and habitat enhancement, wetland creation in multiple locations on both sides of Mobile Bay, the restoration of Deer River’s declining marshes (which were mostly destroyed by the creation of the Theodore Industrial Canal), fisheries monitoring and enhancement, and continued restoration of the Lightning Point area around Bayou La Batre.

Fort Morgan Peninsula is under significant and consistent threat of commercial and residential development that would result in loss of habitat and negatively impact living coastal and marine resources.

Cliff Sims, the Alabama conservative blogger turned Trump official, will receive at least a $1 million advance for penning a narrative on his time in the White House, according to reports about the book.

Sims’s 140,000 word-book, “Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House,” is now available for pre-order on Amazon.

Sims is the founder of the Alabama-based conservative political blog Yellowhammer News.

Make sure to submit your question for the Week 13 edition of “Hey Coach!” with Nick Saban.

The in-season radio show will be recorded live from Baumhower’s Restaurant in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday night.

Ask Saban his plans about Alabama’s performance in practice this week, the challenges Auburn quarterback Jarrett Stidham presents and how he plans to address the kicking situation in advance of the Iron Bowl.

Bread pudding is a staple dessert offered on the menu at most restaurants in Louisiana.

To make it, chefs soak day-old bread in a custard mixture and then bake it, creating something altogether new and different (and delicious).

At the fast-growing Baton Rouge, La.-based restaurant chain Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar, “We wanted to go over the top” with the eatery’s take on bread pudding, says Mike Turner, vice president of culinary/supply chain.

LOS ANGELES -- "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" crawled, slithered and flew its way to the top of the weekend box office with a $62.2 million opening in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The latest offering from the Harry Potter multiverse fell short of the opening of the first film in the Warner Bros.

But all the Harry Potter films have had a broad international reach, and "Fantastic Beasts" had a hearty worldwide weekend gross of $253 million, according to the studio's estimates.

It's that time of year again! SEC teams all come together to try and get their bowl resumes in tip top shape before the end of the season. For some of the league, they have nothing to worry about.
For the teams skirting the line between 5 and 6 wins, it's a big moment to punch up that shaky looking out of conference schedule and show the bowls what you're made of.

When Mikeal and Joel Donald were dating as teenagers, they used to drive across the bay from Mobile to Fairhope, where they dreamed of living one day, and wander through the quaint neighborhoods admiring the houses.

Now married for 25 years, with two grown children, the Donalds raised their kids in Fairhope’s charming, historic Fruit and Nut District.

Originally built in the 1940s, with a 1990s addition in the back, the house had been on the market for quite a while with an asking price that made it out of reach for most potential buyers.

The pecan orchard where thousands of turkeys freely roamed just a couple of weeks ago is kind of quiet now, empty except for a few lonesome birds.

The latest flock of about 4,000 turkeys arrived here as day-old poults from a hatchery in Ohio about four months ago, and they'll leave here in Styrofoam ice chests, destined for Thanksgiving dinner tables from the Carolinas to California.

"Bill" Bates Jr., is pictured in 2001 in front of the old family farm house where he is born in the small community of Logan, Ala.